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Definition of Prosecute
Pros´e`cute | v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. | | 2. | To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law. | | 3. | (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. | | v. i. | 1. | To follow after. | | 2. | (Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. |
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